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Loyalists Of Arrested Oppositionist Demand His Immediate Release
Members of the committee in defense of Alexander Arzumanian, an oppositionist arrested on money laundering charges last month, held a demonstration of protest near the government building on Tuesday demanding his...
Heritage Party Refused to Participate in National Assembly session
Yerevan—This morning Raffi K. Hovannisian, chairman of the Heritage Party, sent the following text to the Honorable Mr. Tigran Torosyan, chairman of the National Assembly. “The first session of the fourth National...
Journalist Convicted Of Fraud, ‘Embezzlement and Waste’
By Ruzanna Stepanian A Yerevan lower court on Wednesday passed a guilty verdict on a journalist freelancing for opposition dailies, sentencing him to a suspended 30-month prison term with a two-year probation period....
Wrongful Imprisonment: Activists call for release of Arzumanyan
By Vahan Ishkhanyan, ArmeniaNow reporter Eight political parties, eight newspapers and 21 human rights activists and intellectuals have released a statement calling for the release of former Minister of Foreign Affairs...
Election Winners Accused Of Breaching Campaign Spending Caps
The Republican and Prosperous Armenia parties, the two main winners of the May 12 parliamentary elections, spent more on their election campaigns than is allowed by law, Armenia’s leading anti-corruption watchdog said...
Arrested Oppositionist Condemns ‘Political Persecution’
Aleksandr Arzumanian, a prominent opposition politician charged with money laundering, remained adamant in denying any wrongdoing and alleging political motives behind his controversial arrest as he spoke to RFE/RL in a...
Arson Attack On Opposition Activist
A defeated opposition candidate who alleged serious vote irregularities in a constituency in northern Armenia on Monday survived an apparent arson attack on her home which she blamed on her pro-government rival....
Announcement of Helsinki citizens' assembly Vanadzor office
On 28 May 2007, at around 02:30-03:00 in the morning, terror has been carried out against Larisa Paremuzyan, a majoritarian candidate at TEC31 for the parliamentary elections. An attempt was made to burn her apartment...
High Court Refuses To Free Oppositionist
Armenia’s Court of Appeals on Thursday refused to release former Foreign Minister Aleksandr Arzumanian from jail pending investigation into the allegedly illegal financing of his anti-government political activities....
Armenian Police Again Deny Deadly Torture
The Armenian police insisted on Tuesday that a young man who died in police custody earlier this month was not tortured by his interrogators despite claims to the contrary made by his family and local human rights...